Combination boiler and strainer



APPLICATION FILED FEB1'23. 192i- PatentedSept. 5,1922.

Patented Sept.` 5, 41922..

MARIE MILLER, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINATION BO'ILER AND` STRAINER.

Application filed February 23, 1921@ Serial No. 447,190.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE MILLER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a lresident j of the city of ttawa, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Boilers and Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combination boilers and strainers, and the objects of the invention are to provide a boiler and strainer in which vegetables, such as potatoes, corn, etc., may be cooked.v or in which meat may be boiled, andl whereby the vegetables or meat may be removed from the liquid in the boiler and strained in a single operation, and to protect the handsl of the person removing the strainer so that theyV ory the Referring to the drawings; A represents' the boiler, and B the strainer, which fits within the boiler but provide-s a water space between the sides and bottom of the strainer and sides and bottom of the boiler.

The strainer B is formed at the upper end with an annular flange 10 which rests on the upper edge of the boiler A and a pair of hand grips 1l are provided by means of which the f strainer may be lifted out with the boiler.

The strainer B is partly made of sheet metal provided with a plurality of apertures 10a and partly of wire netting 10b which forms the bottom and sides thereof. The lid or cover 12 has side wingsl located diametrically opposite each other and formed with elongated orifices 14 through which the hand grips 1l pass.

The lid l2 is provided on the top face thereof adjacent the orifices 14 with projections 14a bored transversely and a tongue 14h having a rearward extension 12al provided with a transverse bore adapted to register with the bore in the projections v14a and engaged by a pin 12b.

. After the hand grips l1 have beenv passed through the orifices 14, the tongues 14h can so that the person lifting the strainer willnot become burned or scorched.

When the strainer. B 1s belng removed j from the boilerr A the liquid drains through the wire netting into the boiler and the vegetables or meat in the strainer are then in the proper condition to be served.4

When meat is being cooked the liquid in-vv boiler may be kept for bread making.

In'l this wayit will be clear that a great saving is effected both of the 'vegetablesor meat being cooked 'and also the liquid, while adequate protection against burns is given to the person using this type of cooking utensil.

As many changes couldv be made in the l i above construction and many widely differ yent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claim constructedl without departing from the spirit or scope thereof,`

after the hand grips have passedjtherethrough. j

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

Mns. lMARIE MILLERl Witnesses:

I/V. B. MACCORMAGK, WM, M. HANLEY, Jr.v .j 

